Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket Hardcover edition. (jockeys, correspondence ) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Stated First Edition. 8vo. - over 7¾ in. - 9¾ in., 370pp. Light shelfwear, tight binding, light toning to lower end of endpapers, interior text clean. Dust jacket covers lightly worn but clean, mild chipping to edges, $4.50 price remains intact. Very Good copy in Very Good dust jacket.
Language: English
Published by Simon & Schuster, 1958
Seller: Court Street Books LLC, Florence, AL, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Inscribed and signed by Pearson on the front fly leaf. Nice book, tight and square with bright covers and spine, clean unmarked interior. Sturdy binding. The unclipped jacket has mild edge wear, light chipping and foxing. Signed by Author(s).
Language: English
Published by Simon and Schuster, New York, New York, 1958
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Prize-winning thoroughbred-racing jockey turned bit-part actor, turned art connoisseur, turned quiz show winner, becoming only the fourth person to win on the popular 1950s' game show, "The $64,000 Question." In 370 pages + 16 pages of black-and-white photos in front. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1958, SIGNED by Pearson with a personalized inscription to ffep. Introduction by film director John Huston, who had become a friend of Pearson & helped him open his art gallery in La Jolla, California. Hardcover small octavo has gray cloth-covered boards covered in darker gray paper, blind-stamped with an image of a jockey on horse on front cover, blue title box & lettering to spine. Black topstain. Condition is Near Fine: completely clean, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white with a hint of tanning, but completely unmarked. Page 273-274 has a vertical tear ascending from bottom about halfway up the page. The unclipped DJ.(with orig. $4.50 price intact to front flap) is Fair, downgraded due to a 3" vertical unclosed tear descending from spine-side edge of front cover, along with small chips & rubbing to extremities, light soil. Nicely protected in new clear mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm Pacific time; later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Simon & Schuster, 1958
Seller: Little Moon Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 2nd printing. Book has light shelf wear. Interior clean. DJ has price intact with moderate wear, a few tiny closed tears, a few small chips.
Published by Simon & Schuster, 1958
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. First Edition, first printing . Inscribed by Pearson on the FFEP. The binding is tight, bottom corner of the front panel lightly rubbed. Light handling on the boards and spine. Text unmarked. The dust jacket has chips out at the ends of the spine; taped repairs at the tail of the spine, small tears, edgewear, light soiling, clipped, in a mylar cover. 8vo. xi, 370pp. Signed by Author.